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Read More »Ex-Uncharted writer and director Amy Hennig to be presented with BAFTA Special Award
Hennig helped lead creation of the acclaimed adventure franchise at Naughty Dog until joining EA to work on Visceral Games’ untitled Star Wars title
Read More »Naughty Dog: We set out to introduce strong female characters to Uncharted 4
'When I'm describing a new character to our lead character concept artist, constantly she will ask: ‘What if it was a girl?’' recalls creative director Neil Druckmann. 'And I'm like: 'Let me think, does that affect or change anything? No? Let's do it''
Read More »‘Games do more than entertain the disabled’: How Naughty Dog made Uncharted 4 more accessible
Changes ranged from snap-on targeting and camera assistance to optional ability to hold button instead of mashing and multiplayer UI colour tweaks
Read More »2K’s Battleborn scores UK No.1
Battleborn narrowly beat Call of Duty: Black Ops III to take the UK Top Spot this week. It achieved the feat by just 100 units, although these charts do not factor in digital sales, and so the real gap was likely much wider. Battleborn was the fourth best-selling game on …
Read More »PlayStation: Uncharted’s fanbase has never been bigger
Sony is investing more marketing money in Uncharted 4 than it has with any previous game. Marketing manager Joe Palmer says that there has been an influx of PS4 owners that never owned a PS3 – which was the console the previous three Uncharted games were released on. Therefore the …
Read More »PlayStation and Channel 4 team up for Uncharted Gogglebox ad takeover
Gamers will have a chance to win Uncharted prizes during tonight (Friday, May 6th)’s Gogglebox. Sony and Channel 4 have partnered for an ad takeover in the first commercial break for the TV show. This will feature a ‘large’ section of gameplay from the upcoming release. Then viewers will be …
Read More »The Big Game: Naughty Dog on the end of Uncharted
Four appears to be the magic number for Sony’s Naughty Dog studio. It made four Crash Bandicoot games on the first PlayStation, before walking away from the smash hit series. It created four Jak and Daxter titles on PS2, and then waved goodbye to those characters. And now it says …
Read More »‘There’s a lot of sadness about Uncharted’s end,’ says Naughty Dog
Developer Naughty Dog says it became emotional as it put the finishing touches to Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. The major PS4 sequel, which is due on May 10th, will be the studio’s final ever Uncharted game. Lead designer Ricky Cambier tells MCV that the studio feels this is the …
Read More »‘Devs see voice actors as disposable,’ criticises dumped Uncharted performer
‘If fans buy and play games no matter what, we'll always be interchangeable,’ says Steve Valentine
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